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Boards for opening of short film "Department of Dogs" - Created by Saloni Jain

For these boards I worked closely with the project's writer and director, Saloni Jain, to bring her vision for the short film to life. Because I jumped on at the very beginning of the project, there was still a lot of concept work (character designs, locations, story beats, etc) still being figured out, so I got to try out several different ideas on how the opening of the film would go. Please see below my rough designs for some of the sets, as well as an early version of the board with a few ideas/characters which were later cut for time

Hall of Dogs_02_edited_edited_edited.jpg
Hall of Dogs_01.jpg
Waiting Room_04_edited.jpg

Credits:

Script and concept by Saloni Jain. Based on the essay "When Dogs Die" by Nandini Misra

Music used:
"Walk to Work" - Randy Newman
"In the Bath" - Randy Newman
"The Stone Family Waltz" - Michael Giacchino

© 2025 by Naoise Dempsey.

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